List of Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members 1896–1941

Members Term of office Background Remarks Catchick Paul Chater 8 September 1896 – 27 May 1926 Broker Senior Unofficial Member (1896–1926);
died in office James Jardine Bell-Irving 8 September 1896 – 1899 Jardine, Matheson & Co. 30 May 1901 – 1902 Vice J. J. Keswick on leave James Johnstone Keswick 18 May 1899 – 1901 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Charles Wedderburn Dickson 28 May 1902 – 1906 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Vice J. J. Bell-Irving resigned Thomas Henderson Whitehead 23 May – 3 June 1902 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China Temporary vice C. P. Chater absent Charles Stewart Sharp 12 June – 4 September 1902 Gibb, Livingston & Co. Temporary vice T. H. Whitehead absent^[1] William Jardine Gresson 12 May 1904 – 11 May 1905 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Temporary vice C. W. Dickson absent 31 July 1908 – 1908 Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett Edbert Ansgar Hewett 1 June 1906 – 24 November 1915 P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. Vice C. W. Dickson resigned; died in office Henry Keswick 10 March 1908 – 1908 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett 5 May 1910 – 1910 Temporary Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, K.C. 9 May 1908 – 1908 Barrister-at-Law Temporary during the absence of H. Keswick Henry Edward Pollock, K.C. 3 May 1911 – 1911 Barrister-at-Law 11 May – 19 December 1912 Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett 9 March 1921 – 1941 Senior Unofficial Member (1926–41);
reappointed in 1931, 1936 Ernest Hamilton Sharp, K.C. 1 February 1916 – 9 February 1922 Barrister-at-Law Died in office David Landale 25 July 1916 – 1916 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave 2 August 1918 – 1918 Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave Newton John Stabb 15 April 1919 – 1919 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave Percy Hobson Holyoak 6 May 1920 – 1920 Reiss & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave 29 June – 30 October 1921 Temporary during absence of E. H. Sharp 2 April 1924 – 1924 Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater 29 August 1924 – 1926 Vice A. G. Stephen deceased; die in office Edward Victor David Parr 17 September 1920 – 1920 P. & O. Steam Navigation Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave^[2] Alexander Gordon Stephen 31 October 1921 – 1924 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Vice resignation of P. H. Holyoak during absence of E. H. Sharp;
appointed on 12 February 1922 vice E. H. Sharp deceased Charles Montague Ede 2 May 1922 – 1922 Union Insurance Society of Canton Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock 16 May 1924 – 1924 Temporary during absence of A. G. Stephen & C. P. Chater Archibald Orr Lang 2 June 1922 – 1922 Gibb, Livingston & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater 21 March 1925 – 1925 Temporary during H. E. Pollock acting Attorney General 7 April 1926 – 1927 Vice P. H. Holyoak deceased Sir Shouson Chow 9 July 1926 – 8 July 1936 First Chinese in the Council;
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1926–36);
vice C. P. Chater deceased;
reappointed in 1931 Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard 10 July 1926 – 1926 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock 4 April 1927 –1927 Vice A. O. Lang William Edward Leonard Shenton 1 June 1927 – 1927 Solicitor Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock 3 April 1928 – 4 April 1936 Vice D. G. M. Bernard resigned; reappointed in 1933 Arthur Cecil Hynes 8 May 1928 – 1928 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of W E. L. Shenton John Owen Hughes 4 May 1928 – 1928 Harry Wicking & Co. Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock^[3] October 1928 – 1928 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock^[4] 9 April 1930 – 29 April 1931 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock^[5] Benjamin David Fleming Beith 13 June 1929 – 1929 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Vice H. E. Pollock on leave Robert Hormus Kotewall 3 October 1929 – 1929 Hong Kong Mercantile Co., Ltd. Temporary vice Chow Shouson on leave 18 September 1930 – 1930 27 May 1931 – 1931 19 May 1932 – 25 August 1932 14 October 1933 – 1933 3 November 1934 – 1934 4 June 1935 – 8 November 1935 9 July 1936 – 25 December 1941 Vice Chow Shouson retired;
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1936–41) Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie 4 June 1930 – 1930 Gibb, Livingston & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton^[6] 30 April 1930 – 2 December 1931 Temporary vice J. Owen Hughes during absence of H. E. Pollock^[7] 8 April 1933 – 1933 Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton^[8] 4 May 1934 – 1934 Temporary during absence of Henry Pollock^[9] John Johnstone Paterson 6 April 1936 – 25 December 1941 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Vice W. E. L. Shenton resigned William Henry Bell 8 June 1936 – 30 October 1936 Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock Stanley Hudson Dodwell 31 October 1936 – 4 December 1936 Dodwell & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock 30 July 1938 – 7 October 1938 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock 11 March 1939 – 1939 Temporary during absence of J. J. Paterson 21 September 1940 – 1940 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock 26 March 1941 – 7 July 1941 Temporary Chau Tsun-nin 29 June 1938 – 1938 Temporary during absence of R. H. Kotewall Andrew Lusk Shields 8 July 1941 – 25 December 1941 Shewan, Tomes & Co. Temporary during absence of S. H. Dodwell Vandeleur Molyneux Grayburn 22 July 1941 – 25 December 1941 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation